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I'm good with Cheryl's addition.
On Mar 20, 2015 4:49 PM, "Cheryl Mills" <cheryl.mills@gmail.com> wrote:
> i might go to see the work the department does everyday on behalf of the
> american people - but leavcve it to John and Jen for final chop on which
> way to go
>
> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Cheryl’s feedback was that the last line ("This goes far beyond normal
>> practice, and anything further is simply playing politics") was too much,
>> particularly based on the teachings of the vulnerability meeting today, so
>> I’ve revised and she asked me to put the question to you all. Revised
>> version below.
>>
>> "We’ve turned over all of her work email, and taken the extraordinary
>> step of asking the State Department to release them. When they do, which
>> we hope to be soon, it will offer an unprecedented opportunity for the
>> American people to see it for themselves, and we’re confident that it will
>> be clear that it’s all there and then some."
>>
>> From: <Kendall>, David Kendall <DKendall@wc.com>
>> Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 4:23 PM
>> To: NSM <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>, Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>,
>> Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com>
>> Cc: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>, Huma Abedin <
>> huma@hrcoffice.com>, Jacob Sullivan <Jake.sullivan@gmail.com>, Jennifer
>> Palmieri <jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>, Kristina Schake <
>> kristinakschake@gmail.com>, Heather Samuelson <
>> Heather.samuelson@gmail.com>, "Turner, Katherine" <KTurner@wc.com>,
>> "Abrams, Tanya" <TAbrams@wc.com>
>> Subject: Re: CNN | Gowdy's Server Request
>>
>> Good here.
>>
>> *From*: Nick Merrill [mailto:nmerrill@hrcoffice.com
>> <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>]
>> *Sent*: Friday, March 20, 2015 04:16 PM
>> *To*: Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>; Cheryl Mills <
>> cheryl.mills@gmail.com>
>> *Cc*: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>; Huma Abedin <
>> huma@hrcoffice.com>; Jake Sullivan <jake.sullivan@gmail.com>; Kendall,
>> David; Jennifer Palmieri <jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>; Kristina
>> Schake <kristinakschake@gmail.com>; Heather Samuelson <
>> Heather.samuelson@gmail.com>
>> *Subject*: Re: CNN | Gowdy's Server Request
>>
>> Alright here’s where I think we should be right now. Can others weigh
>> in so we can start to ship this?
>>
>> *On the record:*
>> We’ve turned over all of her work email, taken the unprecedented step of
>> asking the State Department to release them, and when they do, which we
>> hope to be soon, we’re confident that everyone will see that it’s all there
>> and then some, and it will offer an unprecedented opportunity for the
>> American people to see the work that the Department does every day.
>>
>>
>> This goes far beyond normal practice, and anything further is simply
>> playing politics.
>>
>> *Off the record:*
>> Rep Cummings' statement makes some important points about standards that
>> I hope you’d point out in your reporting.
>>
>>
>> From: Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>
>> Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2:32 PM
>> To: Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com>, NSM <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>
>> Cc: John Podesta <john.podesta@gmail.com>, Huma Abedin <
>> huma@hrcoffice.com>, Jacob Sullivan <Jake.sullivan@gmail.com>, David
>> Kendall <DKendall@wc.com>, Jennifer Palmieri <
>> jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>, Kristina Schake <
>> kristinakschake@gmail.com>, Heather Samuelson <
>> Heather.samuelson@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: CNN | Gowdy's Server Request
>>
>> Worth remembering though that Gowdy last week on the record said his
>> committee doesn’t have the authority to seek her server.
>>
>>
>> From: CDM
>> Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 2:25 PM
>> To: Nick Merrill
>> Cc: John Podesta, PIR, Huma Abedin, Jake Sullivan, "DKendall@wc.com",
>> Jennifer Palmieri, Kristina Schake, Heather Samuelson
>> Subject: Re: CNN | Gowdy's Server Request
>>
>> this works as holding statement - we will have to eventually answer
>> the question but that should take more than 5 minutes after the reps hit
>> send on a letter to leak to reporters
>>
>> On Fri, Mar 20, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Nick Merrill <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I’ve got a handful of other requests about this now. I think we
>>> should avoid being no commented here but need some guidance, even if it’s
>>> simply to say that we’ve turned over all of her work email, taken the
>>> unprecedented step of asking the State Department to release it, and when
>>> they do, which we hope to be soon, we’re confident that everyone will see
>>> that it’s all there and then some.
>>>
>>> From: NSM <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>
>>> Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 12:56 PM
>>> To: Cheryl Mills <cheryl.mills@gmail.com>, John Podesta <
>>> john.podesta@gmail.com>, Philippe Reines <pir@hrcoffice.com>, Huma
>>> Abedin <huma@hrcoffice.com>, Jacob Sullivan <Jake.sullivan@gmail.com>,
>>> David Kendall <DKendall@wc.com>, Jennifer Palmieri <
>>> jennifer.m.palmieri@gmail.com>, Kristina Schake <
>>> kristinakschake@gmail.com>, Heather Samuelson <
>>> Heather.samuelson@gmail.com>
>>> Subject: CNN | Gowdy's Server Request
>>>
>>> See below.
>>>
>>> From: <Frates>, Chris <Chris.Frates@cnn.com>
>>> Date: Friday, March 20, 2015 at 12:54 PM
>>> To: NSM <nmerrill@hrcoffice.com>
>>> Cc: David Kendall <DKendall@wc.com>
>>> Subject: RE: CNN deadline question
>>>
>>> Nick, I’m CC:ing David Kendall here as the letter was addressed to
>>> him. –Thanks, frates
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* Frates, Chris
>>> *Sent:* Friday, March 20, 2015 12:52 PM
>>> *To:* 'nmerrill@Hrcoffice.com'
>>> *Subject:* CNN deadline question
>>> *Importance:* High
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey Nick, I’m writing a story about the formal request Chairman’s Gowdy
>>> office sent to David Kendall today asking that Sec. Clinton hand over her
>>> email server to the State Dept IG or another independent third party. I’d
>>> like to know whether the secretary plans to do so and if she has any
>>> response to the letter. I’m on deadline now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Chris Frates
>>>
>>> CNN Investigative Correspondent
>>>
>>> 202.630.0191 | @frates
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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